Photoshop CC 2017: Nondestructive Exposure and Color Correction

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Released

3/2/2017

Ever look at a photo and feel disappointed that it doesn't convey the original scene?
This course reveals how to use Adobe Photoshop to enhance the color, contrast, and sharpness of a photograph to help ensure richness of real life is displayed. Using tools from adjustment layers to filters, discover how to nondestructively transform your photos. The course also covers how to work with raw images and perform special-case adjustments such as color matching and tinting.

Topics include:

Performing an image-correction triage

Cloning to an empty layer

Using adjustment layers

Opening a raw file as a smart object

Making selective adjustments

Recovering the detail in skies

Fixing exposure

Saving time with Auto Tone and Auto Contrast

Adjusting hue and saturation

Controlling adjustment layers with masks

Adjusting shadows and highlights

Converting an image to black and white

Skill Level Intermediate

3h 40m

Duration

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- Hi, my name's Rich Harrington and in this course,we're going to explore non-destructive work flowsusing Adobe Photoshop.When you work non-destructively, in means that you canjump in at any point in time and make changes,and that's very important.We'll get there using things like adjustment layersand smart filters as well as masking techniques.This is an excellent way to work in Photoshopbecause the tasks of color correctionand adjusting exposure are often subjective.Depending upon your playback device,whether it's mobile or perhaps wanting to print,you might want to further tweak things.

And, as you show your images to clients or colleagues,where you get feedback from a general audience,you might decide to make subtle changes to the imagesas you go forward.Well, if you've worked non-destructively,you can always go back in time or easily makeadjustments to what you've put into place.In this course, we're going to cover a wide rangeof techniques.I'm going to focus on the general work flow first,then I'll walk you through all sorts of common problems.There will be a special emphasis on working with bothHDR images and black-and-white photographyand many common problems that affectstandard color photography, too.

I'm going to show you a wide range of images,things that come from travel as well asprofessional photo shoots, and you'll seehow to put these techniques into action.This is a very hands-on class,so we're going to explore a lot of different techniques.You can, of course, jump around and watch justthe parts for the tools that you need,but I encourage you, if you have time, towatch the course from beginning to end.The early chapters are going to lay down a work flowand you need to learn how to change way that you work.Once you switch to non-destructive editing,it will completely change the way that yousee Photoshop.